Decontamination Engineer – Validation & Compliance Lead

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership–Specialist Estates Services (NWSSP-SES) is seeking a Decontamination Engineer to support the Welsh Government and NHS Wales with decontamination guidance, testing programmes and validation of sterilization and washer-disinfector equipment.

You will organise the annual national programme of validation, present complex data to senior managers, and advise on procurement, installation and commissioning of reprocessing equipment while promoting best practice

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in testing and validation of decontamination equipment in line with WHTMs.
• Comprehensive understanding of decontamination systems, plant, equipment and supporting infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Support Principal/Senior Decontamination Engineer with guidance to Welsh Government and NHS Wales on decontamination issues.
• Organise and lead the annual national programme of sterilizer and washer disinfector validation for NHS Wales.
• Undertake specialised decontamination testing on behalf of NHS Wales as part of the national programme.
• Present highly complex validation data to senior NHS management and estates leaders.

Job description

NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership–Specialist Estates Services (NWSSP-SES) is seeking a Decontamination Engineer to support the Welsh Government and NHS Wales with decontamination guidance, testing programmes and validation of sterilization and washer-disinfector equipment.

You will organise the annual national programme of validation, present complex data to senior managers, and advise on procurement, installation and commissioning of reprocessing equipment while promoting best practice